Article holder



H. BECHER ARTICLE HOLDER July 3, 1956 Filed May 19, 1954 a I fix mm n TY N d E E N V% R m m w m 0 United States Patent ARTICLE HOLDER HaroldBecher, Brooklyn, N. if. Application May 19, 1954, Serial No. 436,756 1Claim. (Cl. 211--73) This invention relates to holders for toothpastetubes and other articles adapted to be positioned on a shelf in acabinet.

The invention is fully described in the following specification andaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of theholder,

Figure 2 is a side view of the holder installed in a medicine chest andshowing tubes retained therein,

Figure 3 is a side View of the holder shown in Figure 1 installed inanother type of medicine chest,

Figure 4 is a side view of the holder shown in Figure 1 attached to awooden shelf, and

Figure 5 is a modified construction of the holder.

The holder or bracket made according to the present invention ispreferably made of a flat relatively thin foldable metal blank, such asan aluminum blank, which is suitably stamped and cut to assume thecontour shown in Figure 1. The holder consists of a relatively elongatedbody portion provided with an open channel 11 extending longitudinallythereof at its medial portion. The channel 11 may be enlarged at 11a fora purpose to be explained. The body portion 10 is provided with a pairof relatively narrow upstanding flange portions 12 extending for theentire length of the body portion. A pair of spaced leg portions 14 and15 extend upwardly from one end of the body portion 10 which in turn areconnected to a flange portion 16 provided with an opening 17 forreceiving a screw or nail. The other end of the body portion 10 isprovided with a bendable V-shaped portion comprised of legs 18 and 19connected by a fold line 26. Leg portion 20 is connected to portion 19along fold line 25. Leg portion 20 terminates in a flange portion 21 ofsubstantially the same width as flange 16. A hole 22 is provided inflange 21 for receiving a nail or screw therethrough.

In using the bracket or support shown in Figure 1, the leg portions 14and 15 at one end of the support are frictionally engaged over theforward edge of the shelf in a cabinet, as shown in Figure 2, and theleg portion 20 at the other end of the bracket is engaged with theopposite end of the shelf. At the same time flanges 16 and 21 willengage the upper surface of the shelf and thereby securely retain thebracket in place. Any article, such as the cap or closure 31a of acollapsible toothpaste tube 31 or the closure 32a of a collapsible tube32 of cold cream or the like can be inserted through the enlargedportion 11a of channel 11 and then moved into the narrower portion ofthe channel 11 so that the respective caps 31a and 32a of the tubes willserve to removably support and retain the tubes in suspended positionbeneath the shelf 30 as shown in Figure 2.

It will be apparent that the flexibility of the V-shaped portions 18 and19 will permit adjustment of the overall distance between flanges 16 and21 for varying widths of shelves to which the bracket may be applied.This is illustrated in Figure 3 showing the V-shaped leg portions 18 and19 brought close together along fold line 26 so as to adapt the bracketfor a shelf 40 narrower in width than the one shown in Figure 2.

The bracket may also be attached by means of screws or nails 5 to theunderside of a wooden shelf 50 as shown in Figure 4.

A modified construction of the bracket is shown in Figure 5 wherein apair of V-shaped portions 18 and 19,

and 13 and 19 are provided to permit additional adjustability of thebracket. The support herein described is particularly suitable for usein medicine chests for supporting toothpaste tubes or the like withoutcluttering the shelves and at the same time making the tubes readilyavailable when needed. The support can be manufactured at low cost as itcan be stamped and shaped from a single metal blank. It can be easilyinstalled without tools and is readily adjustable to any desired widthby simply manually folding the V-shaped portion as described.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, itis to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changestherefore in the construction and arrangement may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

An article holder formed from a single bendable blank comprising anelongated body portion having an open channel extending for the entirelength of said body portion for suspending articles in said channel, aleg portion extending from each end of said body portion for supportingthe holder on a shelf, flanges connected to said leg portions forengagement with the shelf, and a V-shaped intermediate portion havingone side connected to said body portion and its opposite side connectedto one of said leg portions, said V-shaped portion adapted to be foldedfor adjusting the distance between said flanges.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D.171,595 Harriton Mar. 2, 1954 1,247,600 Priddy Nov. 20, 1917 1,720,876 IAnderson July 16, 1929 1,998,232 Gould Apr. 16, 1935 2,010,962 ReinsbergAug. 13, 1935 2,449,197 Bensiger Sept. 14, 1948

